Parcel-carrier for bicycles.



Patnted Dec. 26, |899.Y

vNo. 639,708.

J. M. CERTAIN. PARCEL CRRIER FOR BICYGLES.`

(Application filed Apr. 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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JERRY M. CERTAIN, OF TAMPA,` FL

PATENT OFFICE.

ORIDA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ANTONIO TOFFALETI, OF SAME PLACE.

PARCEL-CARRIER FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent o. 639,708, dated December26, 1899.

Application filed April 29, 1899.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JERRY M. CERTAIN, of Tampa, Hillsborough county,Florida, have invented certain Improvements in Bicycle Parcel-Carriers,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is an end elevation of the front of apilotwheel of a bicycle having applied thereto a pair of baskets forcarrying parcels constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2represents one of my parcel-carrying baskets attached to one side of theforked bar to and within which the guide-Wheel is pivoted. Fig. 8 is anelevation of the back of one of the baskets. Fig. 4 represents (fullsize) a portion of the frame at' the top of a basket with its aperturefor receiving the stud projecting from the outside of one of the forkedbars. Fig. 5 is a section on the line of Fig. 4, showing one of thebifurcations of the forked bar with its fastening-stud projectingtherefrom and entering the aperture in the frame of the top of thebasket. Fig. 6 represents the top of a basket, with its hinged lid. Fig.7 shows a covering for excluding the dust and weather from the basketwhen of open -work construction. Fig. 8 shows the application ofmyinvention to the forked bar of the rear Wheel.

This invention relates exclusively to that class of bicycle attachmentsknown in the art as parcel-carriers, and my present invention consistsin the combination, with one of its forked (wheel) bars, of a pair ofsymmetrically-formed basket-receptacles, located on opposite sides ofsaid bar, and a means of attaching and detaching the same, the detailsof the construction of said receptacles being hereinafter described andclaimed.

Serial No.'715,046. (No model.)

or pilot wheel of a bicycle,pivoted at ct to and Within the bifurcationsb b of the forked steering-bar B, to the top of which is secured thehandle c. C C are a pair of baskets of similar form and construction,and supported on opposite sides of the said bar by means of vhooks d d,projecting out therefrom and entering apertures e c in the top andbottom hoop-iron stays h, which constitute the rims and frame of thebaskets. (See Figs. 3, 4, and 5.) The top and the bottom of each basketis substantially of semi-oval form, iiat at its back, the bottom smallerthan the top', and each provided with a hinged lid t'. When the basketsare of open-work construction-for instance, of woven wire or braidedratan-each is provided with an outer covering Z to exclude sand, dust,rain, duc., from its interior, Fig. 7, and both baskets may be connectedin front by a band m, extending over the wheel (see Fig. l) or at theback when applied to the rear Wheel. Straps n for removing and carryingboth baskets together maybe provided. (See Fig. 7.) In supporting thepair of baskets from the front bar B care must be had that their tops belocated su'iciently low to avoid their coming into contact with thestationary inclined brace r when the pilot-wheel changes its direction.

I claim- In a bicycle parcel-carrier, and in combination, hooks securedupon the forked steeringbars, and oppositely-located andsymmetrically-formed basket-receptacles having apertures for receivingsaid hooks.

Witness my hand thisy lst day of March, 1899.

JERRY M. CERTAIN.

In presence ofi--n HARRY A. PEEPLEs,

In the said drawings, A represents the front C. W. STEVENS.

